1 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. V4.0.0 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. What’s New in SAFe ® 4.0? An Overview

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3 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Agenda 1.Overview 2.Program and Team Level changes 3.Expand for large Value Streams 4.Manage large Portfolios

4 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved Overview

5 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5 SAFe is a freely revealed knowledge base of proven success patterns for implementing Lean-Agile development at enterprise scale Knowledge for people building the world’s most important systems

6 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved Field experience at enterprise scale Now… Agile development | Lean product development | Systems thinking The evolution continues

7 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved PRESENTING SAFe ® 4.0 for Lean Software and Systems Engineering

8 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SAFe 4.0 Synchronizes alignment, collaboration, and delivery for large numbers of teams 1.Built-In Quality 2.Program execution 3.Alignment 4.Transparency Core Values

9 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Three-level SAFe

10 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Three-level SAFe 4.0 is backwards compatible with V3 SAFe 3.0 Three-level SAFe 4.0  4.0 is a superset: all the features of SAFe 3.0 are in 3-level SAFe 4.0  Well suited for small to medium-sized, independent programs  Migrate existing SAFe implementations to 4.0 as, and when, needed Note: SAFe 3.0 website and courseware will be fully supported through 2016.

11 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. New foundation layer Easy access to the Values, Mindset, Principles, Practices, and Implementation guidance  Lean-Agile Leaders  Communities of Practice  Core Values, Lean-Agile Mindset, and SAFe ® Principles  Implementing 1,2,3

12 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 12 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Integral SAFe principles #1-Take an economic view #2-Apply systems thinking #3-Assume variability; preserve options #4-Build incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles #5-Base milestones on objective evaluation of working systems #6-Visualize and limit WIP, reduce batch sizes, and manage queue lengths #7-Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning #8-Unlock the intrinsic motivation of knowledge workers #9-Decentralize decision-making

13 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved Program and Team Level changes

14 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. New Program Level  Manage the flow of work through the Program Kanban system  Apply objective Milestones to plan, manage, and measure progress  Have enhanced guidance for program execution  Have enhanced communication with new Vision and Roadmap updates  Customize to your context with Value Stream Level constructs

15 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enablers support value at all levels  Enablers are technical initiatives that support the development of upcoming business initiatives  Enablers exist on all four levels of SAFe: Portfolio – Enabler Epics Value Stream Level – Enabler Capabilities Program Level – Enabler Features Team Level – Enabler Stories  Enablers usually fall into one of three categories: 1.Exploration 2.Architecture 3.Infrastructure Enablers

16 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Program Kanban for flow and Feature readiness BacklogAnalysisFunnelImplementing AnalysisReviewFunnel WIP limit Program Epics Features Breakdown of epics Done WIP limit ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Individual Features

17 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enhanced Team Level  Support Agile Teams with software, firmware, hardware  Apply Kanban for flow  Built-In Quality covers software and hardware  XP software guidance

18 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SAFe teams have a choice of methods  Most teams use Scrum, but Scrum is not exclusive  Some teams—especially maintenance teams, DevOps, and System Teams—often apply Kanban as their base practice  Scrum teams can apply Kanban to visualize work, establish WIP limits, and illustrate bottlenecks Scrum

19 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved Expand for large Value Streams

20 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Expand SAFe for large Value Streams

21 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. New Value Stream Level For people building the world’s largest and most critical systems:  Establish governance with an Economic Framework and Value Stream roles  Build integrated Solutions for Customers  Manage fixed and variable Solution Intent  Manage the flow of Capabilities with the Value Stream Kanban  Apply cadence and synchronization

22 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Solution and Solution Context  A Solution is uniquely associated with one Value Stream. It is defined by Solution Intent.  The Solution Context defines the environment in which the solution operates: - System of systems (e.g., avionics system as part of the aircraft), product suite (word processor as part of an office suite) - Production infrastructure (e.g., cloud environment where solution is deployed) - Other applications or systems the target solution is integrated with Solution Context

23 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Capabilities describe Solution behaviors  A Capability describes the higher-level behaviors of a Solution  They are maintained in the Value Stream backlog and are prioritized using WSJF  They are written using a phrase, statement of benefits, and acceptance criteria  They must be structured to fit within a single PI  Capabilities are split into Features for implementation Capability Value Stream Backlog AGILE RELEASE TRAIN

24 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Capture knowledge in Solution Intent  Record and communicate requirements and design decisions  Facilitate continuous exploration and analysis activities  Align the Customer, system builders, and Suppliers to a common purpose  Support compliance, contractual issues, traceability, high assurance Solution Intent: Single source of truth as to the intended and actual behavior of the Solution Traceability

25 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Customers have Agile responsibilities Engaging the Customer in the Agile process—depends on type of Solution and Customer impact Direct - Customer represents self - Defines fixed/variable solution intent - Directly validates product assumptions; attends planning and Solution Demos - Collaborative scope and schedule management; managed investment funding model Indirect - Solution builder content authorities proxy the Customer - Solution Intent reflects facts and hypotheses - Frequently validates product assumptions - Scope, schedule, and budget at solution builders’ discretion Example: Government purchaser of a defense system Custom built-solutions Example: End-user purchaser of a CRM system General solutions

26 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Suppliers may or may not be Agile  Suppliers often play a key role in Solution development. The overall Value Stream’s agility is dependent on Suppliers’ agility.  Lean-Agile Suppliers are treated as another Agile Release Train, participating in all value stream ceremonies.  Suppliers working in traditional methodologies work against Milestones but are expected to attend Pre- and Post-PI Planning, Solution Demo, and Value Stream Inspect and Adapt.  SAFe ® Enterprises help Suppliers improve their processes and become more Lean and Agile, to the economic benefit of both organizations.

27 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Coordinating with Pre- and Post-PI Planning  Typically attended by: Customers, VSE, Solution Mgmt, Solution Architects/Eng, Value Stream stakeholders, and select representatives from ARTs and Supplier  Pre-meeting helps build an aligned plan for the next PI and match Solution demand to ART capacities  Post-meeting reviews, recaps, communicates, and provides feedback Pre Post ART PI Planning Value Stream ARTs ART PI Planning ART PI Planning

28 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Solution Demo provides objective evidence  The Solution Demo is a major event in the life of the Solution  The entire Value Stream demos a fully integrated solution, showing accomplishments of the previous Program Increment  Senior managers and high-profile stakeholders review the progress  Action and investment decisions are based on this objective evidence Solution Demo

29 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Spanning palette increases flexibility  Most often at the Value Stream and/or Program Levels  Some can apply to the Portfolio or Team Levels (e.g., Metrics, Vision, Roadmap, etc.)  Use only what is needed for each SAFe ® level in your Enterprise This is a floating surface for roles and artifacts that can apply to multiple levels of SAFe. It is an essential part of the configurability and modularity of the framework.

30 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved Manage large Portfolios

31 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Portfolios  An Enterprise may have multiple Portfolios  Enhance Lean-Agile Budgeting with Value Stream funding, CapEx, and OpEx  Organize around value  Coordinate Value Streams in a Portfolio

32 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Portfolios within the Enterprise Single-ART Value Stream, Value Stream Level not needed (3-level SAFe ® ) Smaller business Multiple Value Streams, some with multiple ARTs; full Solution Context needed (4-level SAFe) Larger business Multiple SAFe portfolios, some larger, some smaller (multiple instances of 3- and 4-level SAFe) Largest business

33 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Value Stream Coordination  Cadence and synchronization  Injection of new Portfolio Level Epics and Enablers  Program/content management and enterprise architecture  Portfolio Roadmap  Deployment and Release

34 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved Train Everyone. Launch Trains.

35 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Implementing SAFe 1-2-3

36 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Achieve business results Happier, more motivated employees 20 – 50% increase in productivity 30 – 75% faster time to market 50%+ defect reduction See ScaledAgileFramework.com/case-studies

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38 © 2016 Scaled Agile, Inc. All Rights Reserved % Increase in client satisfaction 20 – 50% Productivity increase Higher productivity, higher quality Better business-IT collaboration Dependencies and risks revealed far in advance 95% Decrease in product defects 50% Improved delivery predictability Better able to manage expectations 90% Improvement in build and deployment Increased efficiency with aligned teams Dramatic improvement in Net Promoter Score Better focus on the most business value

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